Des Moines, Iowa: Monday, January 6, 1941(The Coliseum) … Maurice Tillet b. Red Ryan (2-0) … Hans Steinke b. Ole Olsen … Pete Baltram and Joe Esposito drew (30:00) … Frank Judson b. Charlie Monoogan … (promoter: Walter Gettson) … (3,100 fans)Notes: Tillet was billed as the “World’s Champion,” and Ryan was called the “Southern Champion.” Tillet was managed by Karl Pojello. According to the Des Moines Register, Tillet “got the ‘Angel’ name when he was a baby and his mother called him that.” Pojello said: “When he started wrestling, he used the name again because he thought it would attraction attention.” The paper said that the “Angel always gets 10 hours sleep a day and has to ‘because wrestling is so hard and he must stay in condition.’” Pojello claimed that Tillet was a “clean wrestler,” but when his opponent “gets dirty,” he will pay them back.